Utah Admin. Code R657-20-12 - Master Class Falconer
(1) Master Class
falconer requirements.
(a) Applicants for a
Master Class falconry COR must have five (5) years of experience practicing
falconry with raptor(s) held under their own state, tribal, or territorial
falconry COR or permits at the General Class level.
(i) For the purposes of this Subsection, five
(5) years of experience means maintaining, training, flying, and hunting the
raptor(s) for at least four (4) months in each of five (5) separate 12-month
periods, beginning when the COR is issued.
(ii) Evidence that the applicant has had a
valid General Class level falconry license or permit in another state for at
least five (5) years may be substituted for the General Class falconry COR
requirement.
(iii) If an applicant
has held falconry raptor(s) on an extended temporary basis, that experience may
qualify for purposes of these requirements.
(2) Possession of Raptors at the Master
Class.
(a) A Master Class falconer may not
take or possess:
(i) any federally listed
threatened or endangered species, unless otherwise authorized by a federal take
permit; or
(ii) any wild caught,
captive-bred, or hybrid Bald Eagles.
(b) A Master Class falconer may take or
possess a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), if:
(i) the bird is obtained through legal
transfer or is wild-caught from a livestock or wildlife depredation area
described in
R657-20-13(15);
and
(ii) the falconer satisfies the
conditions found R657-20-12(d).
(c)
(i) A
Master Class falconer may possess no more than 5 wild-caught raptors for use in
falconry.
(ii) A Master Class
falconer may possess any number of captive-bred raptors, provided:
(A) approved facilities are available for the
number of birds possessed; and
(B)
all captive-bred raptors in possession are trained and used in the sport of
falconry.
(d)
A Master Class falconer may obtain an authorization from the Division to
possess a Golden Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Stellar's Sea-eagle, or other
species listed in
R657-20-11(2)
(b) by providing the following:
(i) a written
statement documenting the experience of the Master Class falconer in handling
large raptors, including information about the species handled and the type and
duration of activities in which the experience was obtained; and
(ii) at least two (2) letters of reference
from individuals with experience in handling or flying large raptors such as
eagles, Ferruginous Hawks, Northern Goshawks, or Great Horned Owls addressing:
(A) a concise history of the author's
experience with large raptors, which can include but is not limited to,
handling of raptors held by zoos, rehabilitating large raptors, or scientific
studies involving large raptors; and
(B) the Master Class falconer's ability to
care for the species listed in
R657-20-11(2)(b)
and fly them in falconry.
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